[geeks] International calling question

[John Francini]

> My oldest son had a cell phone since he was 18 (he's 26) and when
> he moved out at 20, moved into apartments with a landline, but never
> used it. Now he and his wife have cell phones, but no landline at all.

Interesting; my wife and I both have cell phones, but we still have a  
landline.  I've broached the subject of getting rid of the landline,  
but that runs into the unanswerable brick wall: "The land line has  
*never* failed to work for us".  And, modulo someone hitting a  
telephone pole, it hasn't.  The reliability of the old-tech POTS  
service is far higher than anything else.  Cable failure happens  
regularly.  Cell towers can get overloaded.  But the landline keeps  
humming for us, even when the power fails.

j